Hi Hammer. That's my bass. "great condition" is sort of in the eye of the beholder. The bass is rock solid, only issue is some crazing and a few missing screws. Some people really dig that look, others don't. But in terms if overall condition, it's great imo. If anyone has questions, please post or text me @ two one five four three one nine five seven seven.

This should sell. Your asking price is VERY reasonable compared to what I've seen for Series basses that are in no better or worse condition. You might want to consider adding the scale. Is it medium or long scale? I didn't see that in your ebay posting.

Well, based on the method I was always lead to believe was the "true" way to measure, it's a 31" scale. Measurement from where the fret board meets the nut to the center of the 12th fret is 15.5" X 2 = 31. If the method you adhere to is to the 12th fret and not the center of the 12th fret, then it would be a 30" scale.

Too bad I already purchased two Alembics this year. Its been my experience that older short scale series basses like yours rarely come up for scale and when they do they alwsys have SC bodies. If I could sell my Distillate I'd be all over this one. Anyone for a reasonably priced 86 walnut distillate?

Take a close look at the Zebrawood Series I that is your closest competition. I could very well be wrong, but the photos look to me like it has more than a bit of finish checking in the headstock/neck area. Seller, however, was honest was honest in providing the photo.

In reference to that Zebrawood Bass , my immediate thought upon first glance was , " why did they put the master volume there ?" I much prefer the traditional Alembic Standard Point Series II location . That Zebra Bass does have a nice top BUT now has been violated from a poor master volume mod location . My 2 cents worth !

No power supply either. I'm kind of mad because the seller asked me questions about my bass and now I know it was just to gage where he should price his. Oh well. I knocked $100 off because I want the upper hand in the situation where someone is considering both. I think mine is nicer by a mile (personal preference regarding the wood selection) and all orginal too. Hopefully someone else agrees and pulls the trigger.

An aspect apart from aesthetics is scale length. Both Bass's offer the Series I Alembic Standard Point theme but are totally different as per description scale length wise. From those facts it could be debatable how much competition there really is depending upon the buyers criteria and needs. I am very familiar with the variations.

I agree. It's not apples to apples. Again, just trying to get a buyer in that price range to lean towards mine, that's all. Of course a buyer in the market for a 34" scale is not going to be interested regardless of the price, but someone out there may be on the fance, who knows.

Eric, your bass is quite nice. In my opinion , a desirable aspect of yours is that from what we can see , there are no signs of modification of the original Alembic attributes . I wish you luck on the sale.

Now you are describing the Series I as a 32" scale. That's a big deal. There is a bigger than you'd think market for medium scale exotic basses. At least, if you believe a lot of the convo over on talkbass.

You do not mention in your ad whether or not you have power supply and cable. Since you point out that the zebra wood bass does not, I assume that to mean that you do. If so, my advice to you would be to state that in your ad and include it in the pictures.

Alembic buyers often step away from instruments that do not have cable and box. Some who have other Series instruments are often willing to take a chance on instruments without cable & box if they already have those things with their other instruments.

I'm not sure what you mean by "middle of the 12th fret". Is that on the wood in between the 12th & 13th? Measure from the nut to the 12th fret - the actual piece of metal - & double it; that's your scale.

Using that methodology, it would be a 30" scale. However, that's a common misconception. You measure from the nut to the center (wood) of the 12th fret and double it. Ask a luthier or check out the stewart macdonnald web site for a definition. Granted, that's the method used to lay out the scale length, the actual vibrating length of the strings can differ based on the bridge setup.

Are you sure your luthier didn't say measure from the nut to the middle of the crown of the 12th fret (I.e, the middle of the metal that forms the 12th fret itself not the wood which is technically not a fret). P.S. I would suggest including the cable and box in your price even if you need to raise it or at least providing separating pricing for it as an option.

Stew-Mac even has a nifty tool for positioning acoustic saddles (you could no doubt use it for an electric as well) that lets you set the length from the 12th fret itself to the nut, then reverse it to mark the bridge for the saddle slot - nut to metal X2.